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Decumbent or suberect shrubs or woody vines up to 10 meters. Leaves oblong to elliptic, the apex acute to acuminate, the base rounded or acute, 3.8-5.5 cm. broad, 12.4-14.7 cm. long; petioles 2.4-3.7 cm. long, glabrous. Inflorescence a fairly dense many-flowered raceme, about 5.0-6.5 (-1 1.0) cm. long; pedicels 3-9 mm. long; bracts lanceolate, 2 mM. long, deciduous, the bractlets triangular, 0.5 mm. long. Tepals white to whitish-green, 2-3 mm. long. Stamens 8-12, inserted irregularly at the base of the perianth, 3-4 mm. long. Fruit a subglobose drupe, black, 5.5-6.0 mm. in diameter.
Plants suberect, to 10 m, gla-brous. Leaves: petiole 0.6-3.5(-5) cm; blade elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong to ovate, to 15 × 7 cm, base rounded to cuneate, apex acuminate or acute to obtuse. Racemes 5-10 cm; peduncle 1.3-3 cm; pedicel 3-10 mm. Flowers sepals white or greenish white to red or purplish in age, ovate to obovate, 3-6 mm. Berries 4-6 mm diam. Seeds black, lenticular, 4-5 mm.
A clambering shrub or creeper. It grows 5-10 m long or longer. The branches hang down. The stems are cylinder shaped and 5-15 cm across. The leaves are alternate and papery and narrowly oval. They are 4-9 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are dull dark green on the upper surface and dull light green underneath. The fruit are round and fleshy and 5-7 mm long. They are purple.
